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'The Good Person of Szechwan', Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre - Barbican Theatre
Written in 1941 by world-renowned playwright Bertolt Brecht and brought to life by the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre, The Good Person of...
Natali Dare
Feb 13, 20193 min read


'Katya Kabanova' - Royal Opera House
A common enough complaint about the opera, certainly in my experience, is that it is not as relevant to modern life as other art forms:...
Minul de Alwis
Feb 7, 20193 min read


'Henry V' - King's Shakespeare Company
At first enquiry, Henry V seems like a strange choice for a student production. What, after all, does a nationalistic war narrative say...
Megan Williams
Feb 7, 20193 min read


'Witness for the Prosecution' - London's County Hall
Witness For The Prosecution is as much an immersive and investigative experience for the audience as it is a dramatic and twisting play....
Conor Newman-Walley
Jan 29, 20193 min read


Gate Theatre – 'Dear Elizabeth' Review
The Gate Theatre is undeniably charming. It is a small seventy-five seat theatre in Notting Hill - one of the smallest of the West End...
Godelieve de Bree
Jan 28, 20193 min read


'True West' - Sam Shepard
Just pipping its Broadway counterpart, with a similarly all-star cast of Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano, Dunster’s production of the 1980...
Emma Campbell
Jan 21, 20193 min read


'Stop and Search', Arcola Theatre
Stop and Search is a fast-paced indictment of an ever-changing Britain, focused on Akim, a mournful African refugee trying to cross the...
Octavia Fox
Jan 17, 20193 min read


Jane Eyre - Review
Over time, historical works of fiction have gone through the wringer of theatrical and cinematic adaptation; some adaptors deciding to...
Alexander Banks-Jongman
Dec 18, 20182 min read


The Convert – Young Vic 14/12/18
Danai Gurira’s The Convert is a play defined tension. Set in Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe) in 1896 it depicts the lives of individuals...
Godelieve de Bree
Dec 16, 20183 min read
Review - The Effect - King's Players
‘The Effect’ is absolutely spectacular. Written by Lucy Prebble, and directed in this particular production by Evie Ayres-Townshend, the...
Richelle Sushil
Dec 10, 20182 min read
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